I was a senior in high school when I picked up Coldplay’s 2015 album “A Head Full of Dreams” at Target. It was the same Target where I’d bought all of the British pop-alternative band’s previous albums throughout my childhood and early teenage years. The album wasn’t bad. But it wasn’t satisfying, either. The...
On April 4, fan-favorite indie rock band Vampire Weekend gave fans a sneak peek of its upcoming album, “Father of the Bride,” with the release of another EP, “This Life/Unbearably White.” “Father of the Bride,” which is set to release on May 3, will be the band’s first full-length album in six years. Its last...
Quinn XCII’s sophomore album built on his previous work to perfect what he does best. “From Michigan With Love” flaunts Quinn’s most essential elements: creative electro-pop beats and smooth, lighthearted vocals. Quinn writes his beats with obsessive creativity — these are not songs you skip halfway through. Each phrase taunts the listener to guess where...
Following an absolutely electric release of two singles complete with elaborate music videos to promote her new album, the long-awaited release of Ariana Grande’s “thank u, next” dropped Friday, Feb. 8. Grande described the album as a “friendship anthem,” revealing a new focus on friendship, appropriate given the tumultuous love life of the past year....
You’re sitting on your bed, looking out the window, reminiscing about the good times you had with your high school heartbreaker. And you’re probably listening to gnash’s debut album, “we.” Coming out from the heart of Los Angeles, gnash, otherwise known as Garrett Nash, not only flexes his rapper-singer-songwriter identity in his first full album,...